Suspender-buckle.



PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

M. PELLER. I

SUSPENDER BUGKLE- 7 APPLICATION nun JAN. 8, 1902.

1 UNITED srkrns PATENT orrron.

Mortars PELLER',-3OF NEW. YORK, NV.WY., Ass lotion TO Tun WATERBURY BUCKLE COMPANY, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

York, have invented a new and useful Im-- provement in Suspender-Buckles;.and I do hereby. declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a broken view, in-front elevation, of my improvedrustless buckle applied to a suspenderend Fig. 2, an edge view thereof, partly in vertical central section, on the line a b of Fig. 1 and showing the alinement of the'upper and lower reaches of the webbing; Fig. 3, an enlarged view,in front elevation, of the buckle with its lever swung into its open position; Fig. 4, a detached view of one of the modified forms which the buckle-frame may assume.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of suspender-buckles called rustless, for the reason that the webbing is dispose'd so that the-"perspiration of the wearer is kept away from the metal, the object being to produce a simple, compact, effective, and convenient buckle constructed with particular reference to economy of webbing and to the avoidance of the production of any such humps or bunches of Webbing upon .the back of the webbed buckle as will interfere with the comfort of the wearer.

With these ends in view myinvention consists in a rustless suspender-buckle having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

As herein shown, the buckle-frame or loop member comprises a'horizontal lower bar 2, bowed ends-3, and an upper side consisting of two inwardly-turned pintle ends 4, which may, if desired, be extended 'to meet each other, as shown by Fig. 4. The buckleframe also'comprises-a sheet-metal strap 5, the ends of which are clasped around the straight lower portions of the ends 3 of the wire portion of the frame. A"- threadingopening 6 is formed between the pilitle ends 4 4, constituting the upperside of the frame,

and the upper edge ofthe strap 5, which, in

Specification of Letters Patent.

wire portion of the Patented March 19,1907.

Application filed January 8. 1902. Serial No. 88,854-

efiect, constitutes the top of the lower side of the frame. The said strap also acts as a finger-piece for the manipulation of the buckle.

The sheet-metal buckle-lever is made in one piece and comprises an operating-arm 7 and a clamping arm or edge 8, located at an angle thereto. As shown, the arms -7 and 8 are located at an angle slightly less than a right angle to each other. The said lever also comprises two integral leaf-like sockets 9, receiving the pintles 4, whereby the buckle-lever and buckle-frame are pivotally connected together. Under this construction and arrangement of the buckle-frame and buckle-lever when they are properly proportinned and positioned the clamping edge 8 of the lever coacts with the upper edge of the strap 5, constituting the top of the lower side of the buckle-frame, to pinch and grip the webbing 10, which for convenience I shall speak of as havinga lower reach 10 and an upper reach 10 these terms being chosen somewhat arbitrarily to distinguish that pcr-' tion of the webbing above and below the buckle proper and lying in the same plane.

To web the buckle, one endof the webbing is passed from rear to front through the threading-opening 6 and turned downward upon itself to produce the loop stitched by a line of stitches 11. The webbing is then carried downward to form a long loop carrying the cast-off 12, which may be 10 and of any construction and which in ,turn supports the suspender-end proper, 13. The

webbing is then assed from front to rear through the threat ing-opening 6, after which the buckle-lever is pressed down, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby its clamping edge 8 forces the webbing from front to rear over the top of the lower side of the buckle-frame, or, to be more specific, over the upper edge of the strap 5, which is a part of the frame. The Webbing is now gripped by the clamping edge 8 of the buckle-lever and the upper edge of the strap 5 and forced into close frictional contact with that portion of the loop 10 which passes over the upper edge of the stra 5. In this manner the hack of the buckle s covered with webbing and the buckle made rustless, not only with the utmost economy of webbing, but also without the projection of those bunches or humps upon the back of,

the buckle which'have been among the objections heretofore urged against buckles upon the lower portion .of the buckle-frame as upon a lever to prevent thefrarne from tilting.

In view of the modifications suggested and.

of others which may obviously be made I would have it understood that 1 do not limit myself to the construction shown and described, but' hold myself at liberty to make such departures therefrom as fairly fall withof the said strap; of a lever pivoted to the front to rear throng line with the lower reach 0 in the spirit and scope of my' invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a rustless suspender-buckle, the combination with a frame having an upper and a lower side with an opening between thesame, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of the frame in position to have its clamping edge coact with the upper edge or top of the lower side of the frame, and a piece of webbing having its lower reach attached to the lower side of the frame and its upper reach passed from front to rear through the said opening and engaged by the clamping edge of the lever which deflects it over or approximately over the upper edge or top of the lower side of the frame. v

2. In a rustless buckle, the combination with a frame having an upper and a lower side with an opening between them, the lower side of the frame being wider than the upper side-to form a finger-piece, of -a lever pivoted to the smaller upper side of the frame in position to have its clamping edge coact with the up or edge or top of the wider lower side of the rame. and a piece of webbing having its lower reach attached to the lower side of the frame and its u per reach passed from the said opening and engaged by the clamping edge of the lever which "deflects'it over or approximately over the upper edge or top of the lower side of the frame, whereby the upper reach of the webbing is brought into or ap roximately into f the webbing on the back of. the buckle when the webb ng is under draft, as in use. 1

3. In a rustless Suspender-buckle, the combination with a frame composed of a wire body and a sheet-metal strap-extending between and attached to theendsthereof, an opening being formed between the upper portion of the said body and the'upper edge upper part of the body in position to'bave its clamping edge (cart with the upper edge of the strap, and a piece of webbing having its lower reach attached to the strap and its upper reach passed from front to rear through the said opening and engaged by the clamping edge of the lever which deflects it over or approximately over the upper edge of the strap.

4. The-combination with a lmckle-frame having a webbing-opening, of a web-holding lever pivoted to the said fran'ie in position to coact with the upper edge of that portion of the frame forming the lower side of the said webl'ung-opening, and a piece of webbing having one end passed through the said webbing-opening and folded over the lower portion of the said frame to form a loop, the running portion of the webbing being passed from front to rear through the said webbingopening and between the said web-holding lever and loop, whereby the said running portion of thc webbing is held against the i said loop by the said web-holding lever when.

the same is swung into its closed position.

5. The combination with a buckle-frame having a webbing-opcning, of a lever having a web-holding edge pivoted to the said frame in position to have its said edge swing over or substantially over the upper edge of that portion of the frame forming the lower side of the said webbing-o 'iening, and a piece of webbing having one end passed through the said webbing-opcning and folded over the lower portion of the said frame to form a loop, the running portion of the webbing being passed froinfrontto rear through the said webbing-opening over the said loop and under the said web-holding edge which holds the said running portion of the Webbing against the said loop.

6. The combination with a buckle-frame having a webbing-opening, of web-holdi1'1g means mounted upon the said frame in posit-ionto coact'with the upper edge of that portion of the frame forming the lower side of the said webbing-opening, and a piece of loop, and therunning portion of the webbing being passed from front to rear through the said webbing-opening over the said loop and under the said web-holding means which holds the 'saidrunning portion of the webbing against the said loop.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' MORRIS PELLER.

Witnesses JNo. M. RI'ITER, J. FRED. AcKEa. 

